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1st Balmoral Cub Scouts

Published on: September 2019

Record: HANSARD-1323879322-107679

1st Balmoral Cub Scouts

Ms FELICITY WILSON (North Shore) (10:11:00):

Scouts NSW is nurturing bright and intelligent young minds in my electorate of North Shore. I had the pleasure of meeting some of these young cub scouts when I joined the 1st Balmoral Cub Scouts for its award presentation night. It was a privilege to present three Grey Wolf awards, the highest decoration for a cub scout, to Oliver Gibbons, William Raymond, and Oisin Newport‑O'Connor. The award acknowledges all the hard work they have done as cub scouts, including through leadership courses, community service, learning new skills, and leading fellow scouts on bushwalks.

I also recognise Flora Munro, who was awarded an Australian Medallion, the highest achievement given to a scout. I was amazed to hear that in working to achieve her Australian Medallion, Flora, aged only 13, planned, managed and led a 30 kilometre three-day hike for herself and five other scouts through the Katoomba bushland. I also congratulate Assistant Scout Leader Kim Reardon, who received a service award for 15 years of dedication. I thank Kim and 1st Balmoral Leader in Charge and Cub Leader Rod O'Connor for their ongoing commitment to our next generation of leaders.